THE MAKING OF REGIONAL CULTURES Flashcards
ONE OF THE EARLIEST EXAMPLES OF THE USE OF A REGIONAL LANGUAGE IN OFFICIAL RECORDS IN THE SUBCONTINENT?
THE CHERA KINGDOM OF MAHODAYAPURAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE NINTH CENTURY IN PRESENT DAY KERELA.
IT IS LIKELY THAT MALAYALAM WAS SPOKEN IN THIS AREA.
THE FIRST LITERARY WORKS IN MALAYALAM, DATED TO ABOUT THE TWELFTH CENTURY, ARE DIRECTLY INDEBTED TO SANSKRIT.
TRUE/FALSE.
TRUE.
WHAT IS LILATILAKAM?
FOURTEENTH CENTURY TEXT FROM KERELA, DEALING WITH GRAMMAR AND POETICS, WAS COMPOSED IN MANIPRAVALAM- LITERALLY, “DIAMONDS AND CORALS” REFERRING TO THE TWO LANGUAGES, SANSKRIT AND THE REGIONAL LANGUAGES.
LANGUAGES USED IN MANIPRAVALAM?
SANSKRIT AND MALAYALAM.
IMAGES OF LORD JAGANNATHA (LORD OF THE WORLD) ARE MADE OF STONE.
TRUE/FALSE.
FALSE.
THE LOCAL TRIBAL PEOPLE MAKE THE WOODEN IMAGE OF THE DEITY, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT THE DEITY WAS ORIGINALLY A LOCAL GOD, WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED WITH VISHNU.
IN TWELFTH CENTURY, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RULERS OF THE GANGA DYNASTY, ____________, DECIDED TO ERECT A TEMPLE FOR PURUSHOTTAMA JAGANNATHA AT PURI.
ANANTAVARMAN.
IN 1230, KING ___________ DEDICATED HIS KINGDOM TO THE DEITY (LORD JAGANNATH) AND PROCLAIMED HIMSELF AS THE DEPUTY OF THE GOD.
ANANGABHIMA 3.
WHY MUGHALS, THE MARATHAS AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY ATTEMPTED TO GAIN CONTROL OVER THE TEMPLES?
BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT THIS WOULD MAKE THEIR RULE ACCEPTABLE TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE.
MEANING OF MINSTRELS IN MEDIEVAL INDIA?
A PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINER OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING JUGGLERS, ACROBATS, AND STORYTELLERS; MORE SPECIFICALLY, A SECULAR MUSICIAN, USUALLY AN INSTRUMENTALIST.
MEANING OF WORD KATHAK?
TERM KATHAK IS DERIVED FROM KATHA, A WORD USED IN SANSKRIT AND OTHER LANGUAGES FOR STORY.
THE KATHAKS WERE ORIGINALLY A CASTE OF STORY TELLERS IN TEMPLES OF NORTH INDIA, WHO EMBELLISHED THEIR PERFORMANCES WITH GESTURES AND SONGS
UNDER THE MUGHAL EMPERORS AND THEIR NOBLES, KATHAK WAS PERFORMED IN THE COURT, WHERE IT AQUIRED ITS PRESENT FEATURES AND DEVELOPED INTO A FORM OF DANCE WITH A DISTINCTIVE STYLE.
TRUE/FALSE.
TRUE.
TRADITIONS OR GHARANAS OF KATHAK?
- RAJASTHAN (JAIPUR)
- LUCKNOW
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF ________, THE LAST NAWAB OF AWADH, KATHAK GREW INTO A MAJOR ART FORM.
WAJID ALI SHAH.
KATHAK DANCE AND BRITISH?
KATHAK, WAS VIEWED WITH DISFAVOUR BY MOST BRITISH ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES.
HOWEVER, IT SURVIVED AND CONTINUED TO BE PERFORMED BY COURTESANS.
MUGHAL ARTISTIC TASTES INFLUENCED THE REGIONAL COURTS OF THE DECCAN AND THE RAJPUT COURTS OF RAJASTHAN.
TRUE/FALSE.
TRUE.
